Adam Perry | |
Fullname: | Adam Perry |
Birth Date: | 29 May 1979 |
Birth Place: | Junee, New South Wales, Australia |
Retired: | yes |
Height: | 170cm (70inches) |
Weight: | 97kg (214lb) |
Year1start: | 1998 |
Year1end: | 07 |
Appearances1: | 133 |
Tries1: | 7 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 28 |
Updated: | 16 January 2019 |
Source: | [1] |
Adam Perry (born 29 May 1979) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1990s and 2000s for Canterbury-Bankstown in the NRL, with whom he won the 2004 NRL premiership.
Perry was born in Junee, New South Wales, Australia of English descent.
Perry spent his entire nine-year first-grade career with Canterbury. Perry played for them in their 2004 NRL grand final victory over cross-town rivals, the Sydney Roosters. As 2004 NRL premiers, Canterbury faced Super League IX champions, Leeds in the 2005 World Club Challenge. Perry played at in Canterbury's 32–39 loss.[2]
Ongoing knee injuries forced Perry to retire from the NRL in 2007 at the age of 28. Perry was captain-coach of his home-town club Junee Diesels for two years in the Group 9 competition of the New South Wales Country Rugby League. Perry was a co-coach for Group 9 club Wagga Brothers and is also was a development officer with the CRL. Perry was assistant coach at the Gundagai Tigers in 2018 when they won the Group 9 premiership, and become head coach of that club from late September 2018.[3]